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Daily Current Affairs Quiz - 13th February 2018

Daily Current Affairs Quiz - 13th February 2018

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Q1. Name the Chess Player who has won the 13th edition of the National ‘A’ Chess Championship
for the blind in Mumbai.

Q2.What is theme of "National Productivity Day 2018" ?
A]Innovation and Productivity in India
B]Productive India, Developped India
C]Areas of Production in India
D]Industry 4.0 Leapfrog Opportunity for India
E]None of these

Q3.Name the country that has planned to select 5,000 movie theaters to screen propaganda
films and will boost their box offices with discounted tickets, group sales and another financial backing.
A]Germany
B]China
C]Japan
D]Malaysia
E]Myanmar

Q4.The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) of _____ has launched the first tests of the
world’s first autonomous pods at the World Government Summit.
A]New York
B]Berlin
C]Beijing
D]London
E]Dubai

Q8.According to the Ministry of Tourism, the growth rate in Foreign Tourist Arrivals in
January 2018 over January 2017 in India is ___ .
A]8.1
B]8.4
C]8.8
D]9.3
E]9.7

Q9.Which is the theme of World's Radio Day 2018 celebrated on 13th February ?
A]Advantages of Radio
B]Radio in Various Field
C]Radio and Its Power
D]Radio and Sports
E]None of these

Q10.Name the Minister who has inaugurated the three-day International Conference on
Operations and Maintenance named "Indian Power Stations 2018" in New Delhi.
A]Dr. Jitendra Singh
B]R.K. Singh
C]Nitin Gadkari
D]Nirmala Sitharaman
E]None of them

Answer with Explanation

Explanation 1. Karnataka's Kishan Gangolli has won the National 'A' Chess Championship for Blind for the
fifth consecutive time, while Ashvin Makwana of Gujarat and Odisha's Soundarya Kumar Pradhan finished second and third
respectively.

Explanation 2. The National Productivity Day is celebrated on 12th February and National Productivity
Week is also being observed till February 18, 2018 with the theme ‘Industry 4.0 Leapfrog Opportunity for India’.

Explanation 3. China plans to select 5,000 movie theatres to screen propaganda films and will boost their
box offices with group sales, discounted tickets and other financial backing. China’s film regulator said in a notice
posted on the internet today that the policy is intended to promote specific movies at special times to create a “people’s
theatre front,” a throwback to language used during the era of Mao Zedong.

Explanation 4. The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) of Dubai, in cooperation with Next Future
Transportation, launched the first tests of the world’s first autonomous pods on the sidelines of the World Government
Summit.

Explanation 5. With opening of Gevora hotel , Dubai will once again set a new record from the tallest
hotel in the world. The 356-metre (1167.98 feet) high Gevora Hotel in Dubai, built by the Al Attar Group, will have 75
floors, 528 rooms and four restaurants.

Explanation 6. "Lifestyle diseases are one of the major health challenges of the country, an area where
integration of traditional and conventional medicine systems can play an important role", said Minister of State (IC),
Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, MoS PMO and D/o Atomic Energy and Space Dr Jitender Singh inaugurating a
two-day International Conference on Unani Medicine organized by the Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM)
as a part of Unani Day celebration in New Delhi.

Explanation 7. After organising the largely-attended Indo-Global Business Meet at the House of Lords, UK
and the IOD Global Convention on Corporate Governance and Sustainability at London in October, 2017, and Global Convention
on Risk Management and Business Meet at Singapore in December, 2017, the Institute Of Directors organised it's 12th
International Conference on corporate social responsibility (CSR) on February 9 and 10 at Hotel Lalit Ashok, Bengaluru
(India).

Explanation 8. Foreign tourist arrivals (FTAs) witnessed a growth of 8.4% in January 2018 over January
2017, while the number of travellers on e-Tourist Visa saw 58.5% growth in the same period, according to Ministry of
Tourism data. Ministry of Tourism compiles monthly estimates of foreign tourist arrivals (FTAs) & FTAs on e-Tourist Visa on
the basis of nationality-wise, port-wise data received from Bureau of Immigration (BOI).

Explanation 9. World Radio Day is in its seventh edition and this year's theme is "Radio and Sports".
February 13 was chosen to mark World Radio Day in 2011.

Explanation 10. Union Minister of State (IC) for Power and New and Renewable Energy, Shri R.K. Singh has
inaugurated the three-day International Conference on Operations and Maintenance named "Indian Power Stations 2018" in New
Delhi.